A measure of U.S. factory activity fell to a six-month low in July amid strong orders and a shortfall in supplies. (MarketWatch)
A National Labor Relations Board official recommended nullifying the results of a vote by Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama rejecting a plan to join a union. (WSJ)
A.P. Moller-Maersk sharply raised its full-year guidance on a preliminary estimate of strong second-quarter revenue growth. (Dow Jones Newswires)
GXO Logistics CEO Malcolm Wilson says the newly spun off company is open to "opportunistic M&A" in a contract logistics sector "ripe for some consolidation." (Dow Jones Newswires)
Foot Locker is buying two smaller retailers for a total of about $1.1 billion in separate cash deals. (WSJ)
Vietnam overtook Bangladesh as the world’s second-largest apparel exporter after China. (Sourcing Journal)
Ford is revamping supply-chain operations and engaging directly with semiconductor fabricators as the auto maker copes with a chip shortage. (Supply Chain Dive)
Container line Ocean Network Express reached a $2.5 billion net profit in a fiscal quarter that included 100% capacity utilization on major trade lanes out of Asia. (Journal of Commerce)
Container shipping experts say new capacity is being absorbed by the persistent delays created by port congestion. (Lloyd’s List)
Rising Covid cases in Vietnam are triggering growing backups at the country’s ocean container terminals. (Splash 247)
U.S. furniture shipper MSC Industries filed a formal regulatory complaint that major container lines had “colluded” to raise shipping rates. (The Loadstar)
Throughput at DP World container terminals world-wide was up 7% in the second quarter over the same period in 2019. (Container Management)
Cosco Shipping Ports opened a rail-served container terminal on the Yangtze River in central China at Wuhan. (Port Technology)
Japan’s Isuzu and Hino Motors are seeking openings with shipping and logistics companies for their no-emissions light trucks. (Nikkei Asia)
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